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1876–2024
Marshall County, Kansas
Marshall County·Kansas

Marshall County has voted Republican for as long as anyone can remember.

One of northeast Kansas's most reliably Republican rural counties

18762024·38 elections
Marshall County, Kansas · Smallbones · Wikimedia Commons
Latest
R+49
in 2024
Archetype
Republican loyalist
since the recent cycles
Population
9,993
2024 ACS
Most similar
Woodson County
KS · similarity 1.00
30 precincts · 4,968 votes cast
Trump · R+49
Margin
Turnout
Harris +50
Trump +50
Real precinct boundaries. Hover for vote totals.
YearWonMarginDemocraticRepublicanTotal
2024R
−49.1%
1,2053,6444,968
2020R
−48.3%
1,2593,7295,114
2016R
−47.8%
1,0723,3074,673
2012R
−36.2%
1,4693,1954,773
2008R
−27.3%
1,7843,1575,036
2004R
−28.8%
1,7893,2615,108
2000R
−24.1%
1,8313,0665,115
1996R
−16.0%
1,9322,8115,500
1992R
−0.1%
2,0222,0305,858
1988R
−10.0%
2,5603,1405,790
1984R
−38.2%
1,8134,0985,983
1980R
−42.2%
1,5554,1276,097
1976R
−6.9%
5,3666,18711,860
1972R
−37.8%
1,8234,1276,098
1968R
−28.9%
1,9493,8356,517
1964R
−1.4%
3,3343,4326,822
1960R
−25.4%
2,9314,9327,891
1956R
−38.8%
2,4875,6648,179
1952R
−51.0%
2,2156,8519,092
1948R
−23.7%
3,1485,1228,329
1944R
−39.4%
2,6816,1848,886
1940R
−33.8%
3,5887,28610,931
1936R
−6.2%
5,2385,92911,191
1932D
+14.4%
5,9704,45510,544
1928R
−34.8%
3,3296,91810,316
1924R
−36.9%
2,3695,8099,317
1920R
−46.1%
2,0265,7067,984
1916R
−3.3%
4,2754,5819,147
1912D
+14.2%
2,2781,4925,529
1908R
−13.3%
2,5143,2965,895
1904R
−36.8%
1,5643,5305,337
1900R
−12.1%
2,6693,4136,135
1896R
−4.7%
2,7763,0525,898
1892R
−52.6%
02,9375,585
1888
No data
1884
No data
1880
No data
1876
No data
Demographics
Race, ethnicity, and ancestry
Click any group to see the ancestries typically reported within it.
American
100.0%
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
Multiple ancestry combinations reported; no single grouping above 1%.
Sample size too small to break out by ancestry reliably.
American Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander combined.
Source · American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2024 release. Ancestry is a self-reported, multiple-response item; ancestry percentages do not sum to the parent race percentage.
Language at home
Population aged 5 and older
0.0%
speak English only
Source · ACS 5-year estimates, 2024.
Religious adherents
Adherents per capita by tradition
Catholic & Orthodox
38.0%
Mainline Protestant
16.2%
Methodist
12.0%
Pentecostal & Holiness
11.3%
Other Christian
7.0%
Source · 2020 US Religion Census. Remaining 15.5% of residents not counted as adherents by any reporting body.

Marshall County's R+49.1 margin in 2024 reflects a pattern common to sparsely populated agricultural counties in the region, where Republican presidential candidates have posted landslide margins for decades.

The Republican margin in Marshall County reached its widest at fifty-three points in 1892. The margin in 2024 was forty-nine points, in line with the county's deep historical pattern.

Marshall County's loyalty is rooted in its place. Median household income of $68,419, a 95% non-Hispanic-white share, and a population of 9,993 together describe a community whose political habits are deeply settled. The county's voting pattern over the last decade is most similar to that of Woodson County and Neosho County.